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New Zealand: Arable land (hectares)

522,000hectares · 2024-11.5% since 2014

Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Annual figures for New Zealand from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (hectares)Note
2024522,000
2023520,000
2022533,000
2021616,000
2020527,000
2019546,000
2018518,500
2017491,000
2016541,000
2015478,000
2014590,000
2013547,000
2012509,000
2011471,000
2010499,000
2009471,000
2008453,000
2007431,000
2006399,000
2005425,000
2004420,000
2003415,000
2002401,400
2001402,700
2000403,879.1
1999402,090
1998400,330
1997398,580
1996396,830
1995394,150
1994391,460
1993390,780
1992387,090
1991383,000
1990380,000
1989378,500
1988374,000
1987420,000
1986465,000
1985469,000
1984456,000
1983446,500
1982438,000
1981415,500
1980400,000
1979420,000
1978402,900
1977401,200
1976399,500
1975383,500
1974367,500
1973371,650
1972375,800
1971376,000
1970376,000
1969378,000
1968378,000
1967378,000
1966380,000
1965380,000
1964380,000
1963380,000
1962381,000
1961381,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (hectares). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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